Kent's house, inside a hall where there is full of incense and candles.
An old man with long white beard was sitting cross-legged, meditating.
"Father!" Mrs. Li went into the room.
"Meili, how many times have I told you? Don't barge in the Ancestor's Hall. You have to be respectful!"
"I'm sorry, father, it's just that I have something urgent to tell you."
"What can be urgent than the respect for ancestors?"
Mrs. Li did not say anything, she took out the broken Taoist sword.
"What...who broke it?" Old Li was completely shocked when he looked at the Taoist sword. It was a powerful artifact created by his grandfather to fight demon. It has been used for more than 100 years, and before it was broken, it can still be used like it was a new sword.
Mrs. Li then sat down and told her father everything, about her encounter and fight with the demon, who broke the sword, and most importantly, about the Master it had mentioned.
"A demon this strong must be a demon prince. Even a demon general cannot break this sword."
"Father, does that mean...?"
"Yes, another Demon King has been born!
Suddenly, Mrs. Li's phone rang.
"Sorry, father!" Mrs. Li said and took out her phone, while her father looked at her menacingly.
"Ah, Kent. What is it?"
"You remember the friend I told you about, the one who got the compass back for me? He agreed to come to our house."
"That's great news. I'll prepare now."
When Mrs. Li turned around, she saw her father looking at her menacingly.
"I felt that you are hiding something from me."
***
Near the neighborhood, a car stopped by and dropped two boys.
"Pat, be polite, my mother is very strict. She is like a tiger, and she only fears my grandfather. He acts like a dragon, calm but dangerous." Kent used his arms to describe the fierceness of the animals while saying about his family.
"What about your father?"
"Well...he is a good househusband. He was married to my family and followed my mother's surname."
"So you surname is maternal?"
"Yes!"
Kent opened the door to his house, where his mother and grandfather were waiting in the front yard.
"Grandfather, mother, I have returned!"
"Umm!" his grandfather nodded his head while looking intensely at Patrick.
"Uh, is something on my face?" asked Patrick, feeling uneasy.
"Did you encounter something events that can't be explained by science or touch an ancient object?" Kent's grandfather asked.
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("I know.")
"No, I did not encounter anything supernatural or touch an ancient object. Why do you ask?"
("Strange. From his smell and aura, he is not a demon. But I can feel that he has been interacting with a demon.") thought Old Li and Mrs. Li as the same time.
"Boy, do you work with the demon?" asked Old Li.
"Grandpa, I know him. He won't do something like that."
"Kent, you shouldn't have trusted him too much." Old Li admonished his grandson.
"No, how could I do something like that?" answered Patrick while thinking in his head ("Yes, I do. But I'm not gonna tell you that.")
Suddenly, Old Li threw out a paper talisman. Patrick tried to dodge, but with his low agility, the talisman hit him and he fell down.
("Ugh, I should work out after this to raise my stats.")
"Then I'll just have to hit you until that demon appear." Old Li said and took out a bunch of paper talismans.
"Stop it, grandfather."
"Father, I do think that we may have a misunderstanding. Maybe he did not know the thing he encountered or touched."
"Did not know? You are still soft-hearted, Meilin. Everyone could know at once whether their encounter was supernatural or not, and based on the object's appearance, he could know whether it was ancient or not....Argh!"
Hearing the scream, Patrick looked up and could see Kent's grandfather's hand was wounded. Someone had shot his hand.
("It's my sniper bodyguard.")
He got up from the ground and said
"I can't believe this is how you receive me. Your hospitality is the worst I have ever seen."
Then he turned around and left.
"Patrick, wait, I'm sorry."
"No, I know it's not your fault."
Patrick got on the car which had been waiting for him, before leaving, he said:
"Tell your grandfather that just because he is a powerful Taoist does not mean he can mess with anyone!"
The car then drove away. Kent turned around and went back to his house.
"Oh, Kent, you're here!"
Kent turned around and saw his father, Mr. Li, who was carrying a bunch of things to use for their dinner.
"Why are you so dejected? Did you confess to a girl and was rejected?" his father asked.
***
"Wait, stop here!" Patrick said while the car was prepare to go out of the China town.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
After a few seconds, the door to the car opened, and a black-cloaked male got in the car.
"Where did you get this cloak, Dyrroth?"
"Hehe, it's called the Cloak of Concealment, it can conceal my demon smell and aura. I bought it to conceal myself from the Taoist. And it worked, I was at that crazy house too, but none of the pitiful Taoists detect me."
"Where did you get the money from? Wait..."
Patrick checked his battle points, and he could see the number 4500.
"Yeah, I spent 500 battle points on the cloak." Dyrroth said.